Big Shopper Af Klint No.7 (5 pcs) ruysch But here’s the twist: his

But here’s the twist: his style changes direction with ‘Portrait of Edith’

4cm and is one of the many studies Van Leen undertook to practice his skills for the successful flower painter he would become

He was deeply inspired by writers and poets

Af Klint was interested in spiritualism and the subconscious

This was the quiet haven where Van Leen could withdraw from the busy city life when he was living in Paris in his twenties

Big Shopper Af Klint No.7 (5 pcs) ruysch But here’s the twist: hisThis big shopper is inspired by Painting No. 7, part of a series of ten wall sized paintings Swedish painter Hilma af Klint made for a temple (which was never built). Af Klint was interested in spiritualism and the subconscious. She was one of the first artists to experiment with automatic drawing, a technique in which the artist allows her hand to move freely across the paper without conscious control. For Af Klint, this resulted in hypnotic works